Opinion

More and more companies are actively pledging to go carbon neutral by signing either the UN’s Climate Neutral Now pledge or the Net-Zero Carbon by 2040 pledge. Some heavy hitters have already signed up.

Despite the widespread damage caused by Covid-19, the crisis accelerated the pace of technological advancements along with our ability to adapt to the latest changes. A survey by McKinsey & Co found that Covid-19 sped up the adoption of digital technologies by several years.

One of Australia’s premier alternative real estate investment managers, Qualitas, has secured a A$700m mandate from a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to invest in Australian commercial real estate private credit opportunities on behalf of a new investment vehicle.

With annual inflation running at 9.1 per cent, a 41-year high, and a raft of Federal Reserve rate rises to follow, the risk of a hard landing for the US economy has risen sharply. A growing chorus of economists has given up hope that the Fed will be able to engineer a soft landing given its latest predictions.

Last week’s effort by the Federal Reserve to curb inflation by raising US rates by another 75 basis points will likely see inflation decline in 2023 and will likely tip the economy into recession.

Following the reopening of global markets post-Covid, there was a sudden change in macro-economic conditions caused by massive stimulus spending and supply constraints. Central bankers were caught asleep at the wheel, but are now starting to talk tough.

Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases struck a record level in 2021. The good news is that more institutional investors are adopting investment policies to combat climate change.

Peter Berezin, chief global strategist at BCA Research, discusses his view of the US economy from an “Oasis of Optimism” on a recent Middle East trip.

By following a simple practice known as dollar-cost averaging to buy shares or managed funds, investors can build holdings in assets in a non-emotional and disciplined way.

Leading Australian investment and wealth management app, Pearler, has closed a seed funding round raising $7.8m led by Portage Ventures, Archangel Ventures and Ten13.

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s forecast on rate rises was completely wrong. It’s time the RBA owned up and apologised to households.

The value of advice is one of the hottest topics in finance right now. Successive governments have effectively strangled the demand side of the financial advice market, through layers of red tape and compliance, to the point that financial advice is now borderline unaffordable for many.